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<\/p>\nBILLINGS\u2014 New video shows stormwater flooding a Billings underpass Wednesday after the city received just under a half inch of rain.<\/p>\n
About two to three feet of water pooled in the underpass at North 13th Street that evening.<\/p>\n
Watch video of flooding below:<\/p>\n
\u2018Really difficult\u2019: Storm water floods Billings underpass<\/p>\n
Billings resident Kyle Evenson shot video of cars driving through the underpass. One video shows a car getting temporarily stuck in the deepest part of the flooding.<\/p>\n
Billings City Council member Bill Kennedy told MTN in an interview Thursday that flooding is common for this underpass.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt takes a couple hours for the water to go down to make sure it’s completely passable,\u201d said Kennedy. \u201cJust during the time of the downpour, it’s really difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Vanessa Willardson\/Q2<\/p>\n
Bill Kennedy<\/p>\n
He said the area\u2019s stormwater drainage system has not received major updates in decades.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis goes back over 30 years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The underpass has one drain to the sewer, and Kennedy told MTN he would like to see more draining infrastructure.<\/p>\n
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Vanessa Willardson\/Q2<\/p>\n
Single drain in North 13th Street underpass<\/p>\n
\u201cI’d like to make this underpass a priority for future years, to get it on the docket for the state,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The underpass at Sixth Street West has also faced flooding problems. The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) and DOWL Engineering partnered to fix those problems in 2024.<\/p>\n